FINALLY GOOD GROUPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huntsalotey · 03-11-2004, 11:50 PM

This was a 7mm-08 caliber rifle. Ok guys here you go. You know I have been having trouble getting my handi to shoot. Well, I went today and shot some. I followed the advise about resting near the hinge. I shot a group at 1 1/4"!!!!!!!! Thats awesome compared to what it has been doing. I shot a couple more around this. They were in the 1 inch and some range. I was amazed. I put a total of 34 rounds through it today. I am so happy it is unreal. By the way, that smallest group was an 8 shot group. I couldn't believe they were hitting in there like that so I kept shooting to see if it was going to go to pieces and it didn't. Thanks for the help. I hope things continue as they are going. By the way, my load was a 139 grain Hornady SP on top of 45.5 grains of Hodgdon 4350 powder with regular primers and OAL of 2.80". I think I will definately stick with this load. Again, thanks for the help and encouragement.
Whitey

James B · 03-12-2004, 02:37 AM

Good going. I replyed to your post on the GB site. Good luck.

rkbo · 03-12-2004, 05:44 AM

Try the hornady match grade 139gr bullets and you'll see an even better group. Experiment with that forend piece. See if you can glass bed it. If that makes it worse you can alway grind it back out. One thing to note is how tight you have the screw. You must make sure it is the same all the time. To tight and things get worse. To loose, same thing. Believe it or not I had a sling swivel that messed up my groups. Above all.........have fun. Remember a bad gun is not like a bad dog. You can't shoot it to make it go away.

icthruu · 03-12-2004, 05:34 PM

Fantastic! Yup, sounds like a little work on the forend is in order on that gun. But now you know that it can do it.